Incidents Over Independence Day Weekend Left Nine People Dead and 53 Injured

CHICAGO—More than four dozen shootings here over the Independence Day weekend are bringing renewed focus to gun violence in the nation's third largest city.

Chicago police reported 50 shooting incidents between Thursday evening and Sunday night that left nine people dead and 53 injured. Officers were involved in five additional shootings that left two people dead. A department spokeswoman said the shootings were concentrated on the city's South Side, which has long struggled with gun violence.